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Sunday, August 2, 2015

Visit To A Cloister Garden

'Was not
this entire visible universe made for your dwelling?... The earth was
adorned with flowers, groves and fruit; and the constant marvelous
variety of lovely living things was created in the air, the fields, and
the seas for you, lest sad solitude destroy the joy of God's new
creation.' (St. Peter Chrysologus)

The Passionist Nuns of St. Joseph Monastery recently shared the above quote, along with delightful photos of their summer garden.

THE CLOISTERED HEART IS a way of living for God in the midst of the world. It is heart monasticism that can be embraced by married or single persons, religious or lay. It's an analogy in which our lives can be "monasteries," our hearts can live in the "enclosure" of Christ, and all things may be viewed through the will of God as through a "grille."